Richard James Bleiler (born 1959) is an American bibliographer of science fiction, fantasy, horror, crime, and adventure fiction.^[1] He was nominated for theBram Stoker Award for Best Non-Fiction in 2002 and for the Munsey Award in 2019–2022. He won the 2023 Munsey Award, given to “an individual or organization that has bettered the pulp community.”^[2] He is the son of bibliographer and publisherEverett F. Bleiler.

Bleiler was appointed reference librarian and selector for the humanities at theUniversity of Connecticut'sHomer Babbidge Library in 1994.^[3] As of 2024 he serves as the Collections and Humanities Librarian.^[4]

• The Index toAdventure Magazine. 2 vols. Starmont House, 1990.
• Science-Fiction: The Early Years (with Everett F. Bleiler). Kent State University Press, 1990.
• The Annotated Index toThe Thrill Book. Borgo Press, 1991.
• Science-Fiction: The Gernsback Years (with Everett F. Bleiler). Kent State University Press, 1998.
• Science Fiction Writers : Critical Studies of the Major Authors from the Early Nineteenth Century to the President Day (2nd ed.). Scribner's, 1999.
• Reference Guide to Mystery and Detective Fiction. Libraries Unlimited, 1999.
• Supernatural Fiction Writers : Contemporary Fantasy and Horror. 2nd ed. Charles Scribner’s Sons, 2003.
• Reference and Research Guide to Mystery and Detective Fiction. Libraries Unlimited, 2004.
• Ed.,Political Future Fiction: Speculative and Counter-Factual Politics in Edwardian Fiction - Empire of the Future. Vol. 1. Pickering & Chatto, 2013.
• The Strange Case of the Angels of Mons: Arthur Machen's World War I Story, the Insistent Believers, and His Refutations. McFarland, 2015.

• Richard Bleiler at theInternet Speculative Fiction Database
• Modern Horror Fiction: A Select Who's Who by Richard Bleiler at the Dark Echo Website
• Richard Bleiler atLibrary of Congress, with 12 library catalog records

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